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w, c. I -IADLE'Y. AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

June 19, 1923.

2 SHEETSSHEE'I 2.

Original Filed Aug. 20, 1920 w'lmsss s U a: emu Io. 14:14:91, dated Toallwhemitmay emm: a t

T n b tL LmB C, L

as i mtizen of the United States. .-of America nd'a resident of New Yorkcity, boron h oi {meat in'..A1nusement Devices otwhichthe joifiliging is a specification a present invention relates to. amuse- I. ment devices intended for usein connection yithaptomatic pianos.

J object of the invention is to rovide dev cei made ofi some uitable lig t ma- 'terial ca nig upon; one face a pictorial Y ll representa on oia coinicalbr. grotesque figm ename ae ie bly h g upon t flower e'na prqecti ons simulating feet, the m i ng spaced apart sons to restupon y. plimectingends of. two keys of at iano evice A gij'fip-ithat asfthe keys and. tan. the

e tilted or agitated producing a dancher lobiect of the invention is ,to

"; jg? sfipported by the projecting ends of 4t}- a'qlfmh om i p n in 1 .g tim w t e a c f ll orieof its faces A furt er object is it rhvidejiiie'ans whereby the tilting movean gt the devices will produce a rattling fu'nd simulating the eflect produced by castenets further oh'e'ct of the invention is "t5 "r'ovide a simnla sta e and proscenium 'FEFa hin' atioiilof such *deyie'es with a ans theatre. "ana furtherof l the 'and'comhinations of devices i "yhicli' wifl tenemen sdescribed mi A i "W1 tf ifi lii e im-FEW ha c t s-tw e in wh a s 3 1 f ntk et w t, n .ytheet zet. p e eht f devi e in or imw Yo'nn, N, Y., Assmnon 'ro cnn'rnar. Tums momma snor, nae, or new You, R. Y., A conron non on N YORK.

item June 19,1923.

' attan, county and ,State of New ork,

are invented a. newsnd useful lmproveide aplurahtynof such'dei fi designed ng a. figure ever the ablac k in white; keys. r a

ulbtmg said rejections in a s s; equine-m e a-1M 3T. 1' ietfir e e v'bfvseth ipvice mmbi 5" pr uetngmeansandm 'herf ing upon the keys of a piano, and il1us-;

t'rating the operation;

Fi 2 is a horizontal crossesection through the t eatre with the blocks shown-1n topplan view; is a vertical cross-section with one of the blocks shown in side elevation;

'F' 4 is-a vertical section taken on a line 4,4, 1n Fig. 3-and lookingin a direction of t the arrow in that figure Fig. 5 is a side elevationof the lower of one end of the theatre;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one. of the blocks. a ,A similar reference 1 of characters employed throughout; the specification and drawings to esig'nate-eorresponding parts will-be employed.

The blocks 1 are provided with. a top 2 and sides 4, and they may be made 0 any suitable light matemal, preferably of uc'ardboard, and as indicated; in Fig.v 6, the

sides 4 taper or, conver to the top 2, ,thus whifi the block is metangular in form in cross-sectiomand also has flat faces, it is what m' ht be called wedge shaped. The basc-wil be substantially thepwidth of two of the whitevkeys of agpiano and upongits under surface It will "heprovided'with the projections 5',

arranged parallel to each other and extending from the "front-to theback, andpro-l 'jecting at the front. 1 They "will alsotbe spaced apart so that they will rest upon adjacent white keys substantially in the centre of the key, as clearly indicated in 1, 28nd 3. s f i Upon one face each block will be provided with apictorial re resentation of. avfigure ,as indicated at 6, w ich may be a human or an animal figure, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 6, and the upper surfaces of "the projections 5,, where. they profect beyond the front face of the block, wil be. ornamented as at. 7, to indicate the shoes for the feet or paw of. the figure dependent upon whether from the base 3 a {human or "an figure is fa projection? will be extended; upwardly,

us i as indicated in Fig.fi1 simulating a wand or t n egum t' s r afi iit'are cf f izi't il smta tially equal to the distance the white keys V figpr yglu ltthetblflek keys 11, p 1g. s ate fi n tne blocksgnQre laced upon the whl e keys, they will be osi ioned k in alignment with each other b t e contact lhbtflmhlqqk it 1 From the i ggoing it will .be observed that when such a. block or lurality of blocks g upbnlzthe pr 'ng ends ofthe :wliiteti'eys with thenprojetions '50! each j' ll, blockresting upon adg'auent white keis; the

p "crank! dtiwumaveuientof the keys, the it lutomatic-mechhnishi a: .ithe piano, will cause the blocks to rock from side tou side "imifllting thoxhncing or the figufies'tliere- 2-bn.; ;-i t t.

It ury-chemise; be understood that the R blackx inisndef flheinbelve's constitute a complete and operative tom-but for a better M tleetmeii to eimuhte atheatricel a'ct, a -25, 'muletedenigeanfl proebemi'um may be em- 'd the'tewith. A I

is stage or proscenium consists of the 1W0 11: and a connecti'n memv Mr or sl'th lizmTl liiisgdevice is nltenu afnetufid we! Sum t matefi pre ei 'e y of cwzlboard and ay be fastened together in ail able-heme; I emenrbis Hat theirupperends beytfid'the arch 12, as indicated g fi Acme i efir eat the arch '12'will a J 14 which d'rops below firm gel 111% e am or eiirmin r5. 1 iifd'"3)'; A been piece 1 and a "r' mewiflplbyed te iend" stren' end find-e "H mm left to ti ht, A H17 more u of the struicture the re 1' beyond thebfiek 1 at 1 iin'd'is provided r '1' 's'tag str p 29 hafs'an ":2 whicli Yeecuied up'on e r. e" the of their rear faces with the orw ard ends y g cie t p s n pp cooperateswitli the of the theatre construction with considerable detail it is, of course, u erstood that it is 6111; essential that it 06 bine a simulated proscenium anlgll stlgge, so lcionsiifucted as to restu n the ac and w ite e s i j i-' tion enclose the row of ldaiic i'gdil 'lis, and that any suitable construction ma be adopted in lieu of that illustrated on described which will sufiiciently insure the necessay-strength and rigidity." i

v Preferably the side members 11 will be provided with inner partitions or walls 24 and projecting myvardiy thei'efrom are ihclin'ed' strips 25 eimuletingwin'gs or scener The ex osed pertof the roscenium uie'm'ey be ornamented in" my suitable manner as by simulated panels am! pillhisgnls" showfl'in Fig. 1, ahd the" simulated fire m win may also be suitably ratedja'nd also'si s similar to announcement signs, as in emu at 26', may at the front of thend members 11. I In operation the sim'lllet'edstd and'pi'os'ceniiiin are supportedupor'i the black and white keys, the'sta'ge na 2b'covi'in the bitch keys and the forward lower' en s il restin the white' 'keys, having place in pos'itifoh' on keys, bli'ofis may now be placed the whit' keysfi in close position to efich'otherand' the movement of the white keys'up nd a d, as in-,

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nets, the op osite sides inf e fch block iniiy be provide with small round ed 'n'ie'tallic r cdnpwi ziflfiso p ti 'n, t at. e s it of to locks will strike each other as the locks rock towardszeach other. Having described m n eme meet' block tapering 'ac'ent nventlon, I

top, a'jfigure upon one face of the block: and" parallel pro'ections .upon the baseof {the block space apart from each.other. to.rest u;%n;.two adj acent keys of a amusement device, compri' u; blo t e sides of which converge upwar a upon oneface of the bl 1:, par pro ecgzns upon the base of the; 1 60k sp ed a are m eachpthcrto rest upon two eys o a iano,and mice" s u n sides of the h1 0 near igi mpger 1 w I ,,3. Anem'use dp vice i v a blo'clt tapering p in the base tow the we? e 2%,. transveres y e I parallel 'rojections n amusement device, 7 comprising a "u o the based kpro'e inglato ne igjl'iy db ebf'it l ky e e construction 1 faceof the Q 'and 7 block tapering from the base towards the top, a figure u on one face of the block, said block at its base being substantially the width of two white keys of a piano and tapering from the base towards the top, and transversely extending parallel projections upon its base arranged to engage two adj acent white keys of a piano.

5. In an amusement device, in combination,

10 a stage and proscenium having forwardly extending end members, means to support the same over the keys of a piano withthe endmembers projecting forwardly at each end over the extending portion of the white keys, and a plurality of tapering blocks supported by the White keys Within the projecting members of the proscenium in line with and in close relation to each other.

WALTER GHADLEYc v 

